Darrell K. Brown | Posted
Apr 15th, 2016 - 2:02pm

The system of rating public media violence should be updated to incorporate new insights into how children are harmed by exposure to violence.

Darrell K. Brown | Posted
Jan 5th, 2016 - 6:43pm

Pornography has become an ingrained part of popular culture with widespread acceptance among the public at large. But there is mounting evidence that pornography ought to be classified as a threat to public health.

Darrell K. Brown | Posted
Jan 16th, 2015 - 6:55pm

The Utah Republican Party is planning to lobby the Legislature to repeal a law passed by a Republican-controlled House and Senate and signed by a Republican governor. The party is also filing a lawsuit. If this succeeds, the public would have every right to feel betrayed.

The riders who chose to break the law and drive ATVs on a remote
trail in Utah's Recapture Canyon did so at the risk of federal
prosecution.

Darrell K. Brown | Posted
May 13th, 2014 - 6:50pm

A simple, random act of service over a fence post caught our
attention
recently.

Darrell K. Brown | Posted
May 6th, 2014 - 9:07pm

As college graduates receive diplomas, every Utahn should know the
disparities between those who have college degrees and those who
don't have never been greater. The Pew Research Center looked at
virtually every measure of economic well being and concluded that
having a higher education has never been more important, yet fewer
Utahns are graduating with college degrees.

Darrell K. Brown | Posted
Apr 29th, 2014 - 7:35pm

No parent wants to deliberately place their child in harm's way. One
preventable threat is a locked and loaded gun.

Darrell K. Brown | Posted
Apr 22nd, 2014 - 7:02pm

The tragic discovery recently of seven babies in a Pleasant Grove
garage has many asking "Why?" Why did this happen? While we don't
have answers, we do know Utah has a Safe Haven Law, which might
have prevented the situation.

Con Psarras | Posted
Aug 21st, 2011 - 9:00am

After hearing complaints from constituents, a
leading lawmaker wants to scrap the new law
that gave us a full month of fireworks use this
summer. Not everybody, it seems, got a bang out
of the new rules.

Con Psarras | Posted
Aug 14th, 2011 - 9:00am

We are in the midst of the deadliest stretch of
combat in the ten-years of America's
involvement in Afghanistan. The loss in one
month of more than a hundred troops has
rekindled the debate over why we are there, and
how much longer we should remain.

Con Psarras | Posted
Aug 7th, 2011 - 9:00am

The eleventh-hour resolution of the debate over
the nation's debt ceiling offers an historic
validation of a fundamental truth about our
form of government -- it simply does not work
without the ability to reach a compromise.

Con Psarras | Posted
Jul 31st, 2011 - 9:00am

One Utah employer is encouraging its employees
to take care of themselves.

Con Psarras | Posted
Jul 24th, 2011 - 9:00am

It's common across the United States for
communities to enjoy formal holidays created to
recognize something special in their history.
This weekend, Utah celebrates the arrival of
the early settlers to the Salt Lake Valley.

Con Psarras | Posted
Jul 17th, 2011 - 9:00am

It is sadly ironic that as the Space Shuttle
Atlantis takes its final laps around the Earth,
it will not be visible in the skies over
Northern Utah -- a place where the space
program has left a legacy which will be very
visible for a very long time.

Con Psarras | Posted
Jul 3rd, 2011 - 9:00am

Whether his campaign gains steam or fizzles,
Jon Huntsman Jr. has chosen to set an admirably
high standard for the conduct of his candidacy,
and there could be no better outcome of his
quest for the presidency than if his pledge of
civility becomes contagious.

An unusually wet spring has led to unusually
lush hillsides, which will lead to dangerous
fire conditions once those weeds and grasses
dry out and turn to tinder.

Con Psarras | Posted
Jun 23rd, 2011 - 8:41pm

The committee assigned to examine Utah's government records act will recommend small but important changes to the 20-year-old law — a far cry from the major overhaul approved, and later retracted, by the Utah Legislature.